Letter of the Day: Letter H, K and Wrap Up

July 30th, 2008 in Letter of the Day

I try to incorporate reading, music, art, gratitude, exercise, nature, touch, and a family activity into teaching the assigned letter. We actually spend two days on one letter, so we have enough time for all the fun activities and all the regular things that goes on in our day to day life. Then after a couple letters we have a day where we play a treasure hunt all with clues reviews the letters we have done.

Here are some ideas for Letter H and K

Reading: We read our Letter H Sound Box Book and Letter K Sound Box Book along with these:


Music:We listened to Laurie Berkner’s Laurie Has a Pig on her Head

and Kookaburra

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Merry, merry king of the bush is he
Laugh, Kookaburra! Laugh, Kookaburra!
Gay your life must beKookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Eating all the gum drops he can see
Stop, Kookaburra! Stop, Kookaburra!
Leave some there for meKookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Counting all the monkeys he can see
Stop, Kookaburra! Stop, Kookaburra!
That’s not a monkey that’s meKookaburra sits on a rusty nail
Gets a boo-boo in his tail
Cry, Kookaburra! Cry, kookaburra!
Oh how life can be

Art: We made our letter collages for Letter H and K and also finger painted a picture of a Hippo flying a kite.  Gratitude: For our Gratitude Alphabet hanging downstairs Abby drew a picture of Kites and Hamburgers.Touch: We played with some colored sand, traced our finger through shaping the letters, formed the sand into letters, and finally put glue in the shape of the letter and sprinkled the sand on.

Exercise: Hopscotch and KARATE!!!

Family Activity: We flew kites….well tried, it is windier where we live but it is still in the dead of summer.

Celebration: We reviewed all of the letters in our regular treasure hunt we do, click here for instructions.


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8 Responses to “Letter of the Day: Letter H, K and Wrap Up”

  • Evonne
    August 1st, 2008 at 1:27 am

    Do you live in West Jordan? Seriously it is the best city to fly kites…and always windy! I actually love flying kites with Savannah, and think this is an awesome activity to do. Oh, and did I mention kites are cheap too!

  • aurore
    August 1st, 2008 at 2:09 am

    This is the first time i have heard of using a treasure hunt to review letter sounds — it’s a good idea. I can see this working in a small preschool setting too.

  • Amber
    August 1st, 2008 at 4:17 am

    I really just love how you are so creative. I am not, so you have helped me figure out ways to make learning the alphabet fun!

  • Stephanie
    August 1st, 2008 at 5:47 am

    I love your ideas for sand. You are so creative!

  • Erin
    August 1st, 2008 at 1:00 pm

    I’ve never heard of doing treasure hunts for letter learning. Great Idea!

  • Laura Carney
    August 1st, 2008 at 1:55 pm

    I love all the alphabet play! Now if I could just get half our fridge phonic letters from out from UNDER the fridge…my 2 year old decided awhile back it’d be fun to push them all under there!

  • Anna
    August 1st, 2008 at 4:07 pm

    Funny, I grew up singing the kookaburra song but have never heard those last two verses.

  • Missy
    August 5th, 2008 at 7:07 am

    Thanks for putting the words to the song on your post – fun choice for the letter K!

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